Deadline reports Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema pulled the movie from production a few months ago, and numerous distributors have been interested in picking it up. Additionally, Five Nights at Freddy’s creator Scott Cawthon recently teased Blumhouse’s potential acquisition on Twitter.

For those unfamiliar with the popular horror video game series, Five Nights at Freddy’s follows a group of animatronic robots terrorizing a security guard at a kid’s restaurant called Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza.

Both of Blumhouse’s movies this year, Get Out and Split, have enjoyed commercial and critical success. For IGN’s thoughts on the films, read our Split and Get Out reviews.

Alex Gilyadov is a freelance writer for IGN. You can follow him on Twitter.

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